1981: “Mathematics anxiety is a serious problem that is not amenable to easy solutions. Because of the avoidance strategies that develop… students learn little mathematics; what they do learn they memorize without understanding, and they forget that little bit as soon as they can.

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Proud of our CMC Leadership representing us, CMC members and mathematics in California, in Sacramento before the California State Assembly Education Committee! Pic shows our CMC State President Hilda Villarreal Wright sitting next to Linda Darling-Hammond. Thank you 💙

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Every math teacher needs to play this in class today: www.youtube.com/watch?v=AKuU...

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“It seems teachers can’t be trusted to tell their own stories of what happens in the classroom, unless you’re a “whistleblower” with a narrative that fits into this media package. I’ve started calling this the “True Crime”-ification of education discourse”

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If the answer is that kids need some direct instruction in the course of the school day, that's already happening. Let's figure out where to expand or shrink it accordingly. If the answer is that kids need direct instruction all day every day, we've completely lost the plot. 🤷🏼‍♂️

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